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Should be but it isn't. Even given our academics, and other hurdles, we should be able to get far better players than any of those teams. I am mystified why UVA has been a thorn in our side going back decades. Now it is obvious that Bronco has done a good job with that program but still...

Poor Bill Battle did things the "right way", uncommon for one of the Bear's boys, at Tennessee, won a lot of games, went to bowls but could not beat Alabama. One Sunday morning after, yet another loss to the Tide on the third Saturday in October, he woke up to find a moving van in his driveway...

I do not agree but that's all right. There is no harm in a diversity of opinions. I am sticking with my prediction of 4 wins this year. Whether I am right or you are right comes down to these games: Pitt, BC, Virginia Tech, UVA, and Duke. Win 4 of those and a 7 win season is likely. Lose...

Well, given that we are playing three playoff contenders and two others in the top 25 while we are well below the top 50 in the preseason rankings, I would say that is intimidating but if you mean the rest of our conference opponents like BC, Virginia Tech, UVA, Duke, and Pitt then, no they are...

It was not that long ago when Northern Illinois was a pretty good team year after year in the MAC. Don't know what happened but the preseason magazines pretty much have them pegged as the worst team in the conference now. We should beat both the Huskies and Kennesaw by four or five TDs.

Anything less than a blowout for the first two games would be disappointing but then, I said the same thing about the Citadel, FWIW, not much.

UNC's season was interesting to say the least. Scored nearly 50 points or more in 6 games including an impressive 62 against Miami. On the flip side they lost 4 games including FSU, UVA, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M. They gave up 45 points against Virginia Tech and 53 against Wake and...

That was the least of Petrino's damages to that program. Coach Satterfield walked into a situation that was far worse than he had been led to believe. I just wish we were playing them instead of say, Clemson or Notre Dame.

It's a free country though if he did that to Louisville, they would be perfectly within their rights to fall back on the old adage: "If you are looking...we are too."

With all the national championships he won, I would listen to him, music scholarships being stolen or not. He won everywhere he coached including Kentucky. I hated him too for what his brand of coaching and physical play did to Chick Granning but Dodd got him back for that the following year...

Of course, two of the most underachieving teams historically are never "out of reach" for any team having a good day. On the other hand, for UVA, Virginia Tech, BC, and even Duke, we are not "out of reach" either so its a two edged sword as these things usually are in the Coastal.

Well, that is what I thought, but the magazine's reasoning was that he had such a good first year that the bar was raised by the media, the fans etc. and then there was a dumpster fire which we witnessed first hand when they played Tech but the offseason has been full of turmoil as well. There...

We have had, what?, three top 250 recruits in the past three years. Something like that. What stands out to me besides the obvious gulf between the elite 3 teams is how efficient Wake Forest is with what they have to work with. No five stars, no four stars but somehow, someway, they get the...

Never in my lifetime would I have thought to live to see the day when Georgia Tech has the same number of 4 star recruits as FSU. What is the world coming to?

"A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing" Oscar Wilde But when it comes to the ACC in general and Tech specifically we are skeptical to one degree or another. It comes with the territory.

You are probably right but we can do better than what we have been doing with difference makers and linemen.

I actually heard Bear Bryant talking about preseason magazines and coaches' polls say that he always delegated that chore to the SID for the simple reason that he did not have the time nor inclination to keep up with teams other than his own and who the Tide was going to play. Can't say I blame...

That's possible but it is also possible that the coaches could not resist commenting about rivals and slanting things to suit their own agenda. I wonder if they are being paid to comment?

The ACC is decidedly top heavy at the moment with one dominant team, a couple of very good but not elite teams, a couple of talented but underachieving teams and then there is everyone else. The question is who is going to break away from the pack? It could be Tech or just about anyone. The...

I don't think Narduzzi (spelling?) is the kind of guy other coaches are going to either respect or like. He is who he is and his team plays off that personality.